Fifty Prayers a Day:-
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 1.345
Narrated byAbu Dhar Night Journey Allah's Apostle said, "While I was at Mecca the roof of my house was opened and Gabriel descended, opened my chest, and washed it with Zam-zam water.
Then he brought a golden tray full of
wisdom and faith and having poured its
contents into my chest, he closed it. Then he took my hand and ascended
with me to the nearest heaven, when I reached the nearest heaven, Gabriel said
to the gatekeeper of the heaven, 'Open
(the gate).' The gatekeeper asked, 'Who
is it?' Gabriel answered: 'Gabriel.' He
asked, 'Is there anyone with you?'
Gabriel replied, 'Yes, Muhammad is with me.' He asked, 'Has he been called?'
Gabriel said, 'Yes.' So the gate was
opened and we went over the nearest
heaven and there we saw a man sitting
with some people on his right and some
on his left. When he looked towards his right, he laughed and when he looked
toward his left he wept. Then he said,
'Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious
son.' I asked Gabriel, 'Who is he?' He
replied, 'He is Adam and the people on his right and left are the souls of his
offspring. Those on his right are the
people of Paradise and those on his left
are the people of Hell and when he looks
towards his right he laughs and when he
looks towards his left he weeps.' Then he ascended with me till he reached
the second heaven and he (Gabriel) said to its gatekeeper, 'Open (the gate).' The
gatekeeper said to him the same as the
gatekeeper of the first heaven had said
and he opened the gate. Anas said: "Abu
Dhar added that the Prophet met Adam, Idris, Moses, Jesus and Abraham, he (Abu Dhar) did not mention on which heaven
they were but he mentioned that he (the
Prophet) met Adam on the nearest
heaven and Abraham on the sixth heaven. Anas said, "When Gabriel along with the Prophet passed by Idris, the
latter said, 'Welcome! O pious Prophet
and pious brother.' The Prophet asked,
'Who is he?' Gabriel replied, 'He is Idris.'
The Prophet added, 'I passed by Moses
and he said, "Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious brother.'"I asked Gabriel, "Who
is he?"Gabriel replied, "He is Moses." Then
I passed by Jesus and he said, "Welcome!
O pious brother and pious Prophet."I
asked, "Who is he?" Gabriel replied, "He is
Jesus." Then I passed by Abraham and he said,
"Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious
son."I asked Gabriel, "Who is he?"Gabriel
replied, "He is Abraham."
The Prophet added, "Then Gabriel
ascended with me to a place where I heard the creaking of the pens." Ibn
Hazm and Anas bin Malik said: The
Prophet said, "Then Allah enjoined fifty prayers on my followers. When I returned with this order of Allah,
I passed by Moses who asked me, 'What has Allah enjoined on your followers?' I
replied, 'He has enjoined fifty prayers on
them.' Moses said, 'Go back to your Lord (and appeal for reduction) for your
followers will not be able to bear it.' (So I went back to Allah and requested for
reduction) and He reduced it to half.
When I passed by Moses again and
informed him about it, he said, 'Go back
to your Lord as your followers will not be
able to bear it.' So I returned to Allah and requested for further reduction and half
of it was reduced. I again passed by
Moses and he said to me: 'Return to your
Lord, for your followers will not be able
to bear it. So I returned to Allah and He
said, 'These are five prayers and they are all (equal to) fifty (in reward) for My Word does not change.' I returned to
Moses and he told me to go back once
again. I replied, 'Now I feel shy of asking
my Lord again.'.....